War Over The Domain: WarGames.com

From the article:

"In the 1983 movie, War Games, Matthew Broderick played a kid who hacked into a government computer and played ?war games? with a scary Russian military force, nearly setting in motion World War III. War Games quickly became a favorite movie for burgeoning nerds everywhere, so perhaps it?s not surprising that a man who went on to become an internet provocateur ? Rogers Cadenhead ? was one of many children who saw the movie during its theatrical run.

Now Mr. Cadenhead ? book author and website publisher - is in a dispute with War Games maker MGM over a domain name he registered in 1998 on the off chance that some day he might want to start a game distribution company ? www.wargames.com. ?I never thought of the connection to the movie,? said Mr. Cadenhead."

My take: I have to side with Mr. Cadenhead, I hope he keeps his domain as I can see a lot of uses for WarGames.com besides the movie. The phrase was around before the movie came out.

What's your take?

http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=20391&hed=War+over+Wargames.com

Comments

  • LurkinBackLurkinBack Senior Member The Royal RAM
    by companies claiming trademark infringement or trying to prove that the domain owner is a “cyber squatter”—registering popular names only to sell them for a profit.

    If they think Wargames is that popular why is they are only thinkin of it now, 20 years after the film was made sheeeeesh!!!

    Hell i dont think i'll go register gonewiththewind.com now lmao
  • stusangelcazstusangelcaz Member NAT Warrior
    Im with lurk on this one. If MGM were so concerned about that domain name, why did they not register it themselves some years back, instead of actually hounding this guy 8 years after he purchased it.

    Its also interesting to see that MGM only filed a trademark on the term War Games 3 years after this domain was originally purchased by the guy.

    It sparks an interesting question however ;) Will MGM now be persuing every other person, website and company that uses the term War games, given they are now persuing this man for a website with same in the name?
  • DeluxeNamesDeluxeNames Admin Administrator
    Im with lurk on this one. If MGM were so concerned about that domain name, why did they not register it themselves some years back, instead of actually hounding this guy 8 years after he purchased it.
    Your so rigt Caz! :)
  • omoiomoi Junior Member Shared Hoster
    Yes, I agree with you all. It's too late for MGM to get upset over this. And not only MGM, there are other companies that may have similar mindsets to MGM.

    Will everyone be penalized for purchasing domains that are titles of movies, novels, or other fictional works?
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  • DeluxeNamesDeluxeNames Admin Administrator
    omoi wrote: »
    Yes, I agree with you all. It's too late for MGM to get upset over this. And not only MGM, there are other companies that may have similar mindsets to MGM.

    Will everyone be penalized for purchasing domains that are titles of movies, novels, or other fictional works?
    It's sad that those with money are able to push the rest of us around :(
  • LurkinBackLurkinBack Senior Member The Royal RAM
    It's the sad state this world is in. If your a capitalist you can push anyone you like around and pretty much get away with it, if you're ideology is any different you are a target and even if you try and shy away from it totally then you are even more a target.

    Face it Gene Rodenberry was an ideaologist, things are never going to be Star Trek prefect! Life in the future look more along the lines of 1984 and Alien combined!

    **Communist rant over**
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